Halep faces challengers at WTA finals

Women’s world No.1 Simona Halep says this year has been a “dream come true” but she won’t be focusing on trying to keep the top spot at the WTA’s year-end finals event in Singapore.

Seven of the eight players in Singapore have a chance to finish the year as No.1 but Halep says holding aloft the Billie Jean King trophy at the end of the week is what matters to her.

“The dream came true. (It) is just the best feeling that I ever had in my tennis career so far,” Halep said.

“(But) I play better when I’m not thinking about No.1 … I’m just going there to give my best, to try to be focused on what I have to play in each match and we will see at the end who is going to be No.1.”

The Romanian leads the Red group at the round-robin tournament, which begins on Sunday.